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Not sure how to delete

Hi. I am still new to this. I found an article that I think should be deleted because it does not have any of the reliable sources or notability policies fulfilled. I am not sure which deletion to use. I read the page here and I see there are a lot of different types. Can anyone help? The page in question is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuCom — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magister of Destruction (talk • contribs) 21:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Process!

It needs to say how administrators delete pages! Pdiddyjr (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC).

It's explained here. FYI you aren't an administrator so you won't be able to delete pages. Hut 8.5 21:07, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes I need to know so I can become one! Get that into your head! Pdiddyjr (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:21, 26 November 2011 (UTC).

Knowing how to delete pages isn't going to help you become an administrator. Knowing when to delete pages will. Hut 8.5 21:04, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes I KNOW! Only delete them when they are put up for deletion using the delete templates!Pdiddyjr (talk) 21:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Er, no, the fact that something has a deletion template on it doesn't necessarily mean you can delete it. You ought to know that the probability of someone with under 500 edits passing WP:RFA in the near future is pretty much zero. Hut 8.5 21:19, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Help with company name change and old URLs

Hi, I am trying to address an issue with my company's page. We changed our name from Developers Diversified Realty to DDR Corp. in September. I updated the page then and merged the old with the new. It now redirects to the new. However, there are currently two pages with the new info on Facebook, but one has the old company name. I'm assuming it's because there is still a wikipedia URL with the old name. I'm thinking we would want to delete the old URL but not sure if this correct or how to go about it.

Here is the new URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_Corp.

Here's the old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developers_Diversified_Realty

and:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developers_Diversified_Realty_Corporation

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Mrado (talk) 20:28, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

No, they seem to be correct here. Perhaps Facebook is just very slow to update their mirror. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:36, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

My guess is that Facebook's mirroring is naive and pulls down the full HTML without recognizing redirects. Earlier this year, I noticed that Facebook had generated pages by scraping Wikipedia categories, including non-article ones for maintenance and users. I suggested that the user contact Facebook at User talk:Mrado#Help with company name change and old URLs. Flatscan (talk) 05:23, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

If we were to delete the redirect URLs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developers_Diversified, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developers_Diversified_Realty and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developers_Diversified_Realty_Corporation) would that fix this? We have contacted Facebook previously and haven't heard back. I'm not optimistic on them being helpful with this. Users searching for us by old name should still be able to find our new page because we reference our old name in the article, I assume. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrado (talk • contribs) 18:04, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Deleting the redirects might fix things, but it might not. In the worst case, Facebook will not update the pages, and their links will be broken due to the deletions. I don't have much direct experience with Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion, but I think that it's unlikely that the redirects will be deleted. Flatscan (talk) 05:26, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Delete Something

I need an administrator to delete "List of conflicts in Australia", I created the article but after having complaints made about it I think its best to just remove it. I have already deleted much of the information but the page itself needs removing thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.189.194.68 (talk) 08:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

No editor opposing...

"Poorly sourced biographical articles of unknown, non-public figures − where the discussions have no editor opposing the deletion − may be deleted after discussions have been completed." I'm not sure of the reason for adding this. Surely in any case, if no editor opposes the deletion, then the article may deleted?--Kotniski (talk) 10:30, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• For normal articles, "the deletion of a page based on a deletion discussion should only be done when there is consensus to do so. Therefore, if there is no rough consensus the page is kept." In other words, in case a nominator noms an article and no editor comments, would you say that this constitutes silent consensus? It's a grey area, that's why the policy to ensure BLPs are handled clearly and specifically. Wifione ^Message 10:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
  • So you're suggesting that, where in another case the admin might have relisted the nomination for further discussion, with these "unknown" BLPs they should be more inclined just to close it and delete? That seems reasonable on the surface, though I would have expected some discussion leading to consensus for this change of practice (unless you're saying that this is the practice already, and you just want to document it).--Kotniski (talk) 10:42, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Actually the discussions have started now; so at least part of what you want is there. I'm sure others would chip in about this. Also, even in case of such unknown BLPs, admins would generally relist it for max 21/28 days before using this policy measure. If in max 21/28 days nobody opposes the deletion of such unknown non-notable BLPs (due to which they've come to the AfD), deleting such BLPs is the suggestion. In the case of normal articles, after 28 days, if nobody's commented, the articles will be kept. Wifione ^Message 10:45, 12 January 2012 (UTC)